City often played in front of gates of 30,000-plus in the third tier of English football and the boss believes it’s important to enjoy the current trophy-laden era as much as possible given our not-too-distant past.
Asked by a journalist at his pre-Tottenham press conference if complacency could ever creep in among home supporters used to seeing their team win consistently on match days, Guardiola disagreed.
“No, I don’t think so,” he said.
“Listen, the fans I love them to come, and it takes a lot of effort, so thank you so much, but we want them to enjoy, have fun and have one hour and thirty minutes in the good moments – and that depends on us.”
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He went on to add: “This is a club who came from Maine Road and didn’t fight for titles for many years, but they were there.
“All the time when things weren’t good, they were there. I wasn’t there, but many people have told me what it was like.
“The most important thing is, and I know they do it, the players are always there.”
Watch the second part of the manager’s press conference in the video player above.
